Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill

This place is what is is.  It's a chain restaurant version of a Mongolian grill.  I would give it 2.5 stars, if I could.

If you order the all-you-can-eat market bar, you tell your server what meat (beef, chicken, tuna, shrimp, tofu, salmon) and noodles (flat rice, lo mein, shanghai wheat) or rice (white, brown) you want and they bring you a big bowl (for your vegetables), a little bowl (for your sauce), and a ticket to give to one of the grill cooks.  Next you go to the vegetable bar and stand in line to load up your bowls with vegetables and sauce.   Then you wait for an available grill chef who makes your food while you wait and watch.   Sometimes the line can get long and you may have to wait 5 minutes for a chef.  Other times, there's no one up there and you zip through the line in no time flat.

After you finish your food, and you want to go through the line again, ask your server.  You can even change up your meat and noodles/rice combination if they're at the same price level (or lower).  Example: you can change from beef to chicken (but not beef to shrimp) without paying extra.

There is also a regular a la carte menu (there's a regular kitchen as well), but I've never seen anyone order off of it.

All in all, it's not too bad for a quick lunch or dinner even though it's far from authentic.  Flavors are definitely catered to the suburban palate.  Bland with almost no heat in the Szechuan sauce.

Come here if you're hungry (because it's all-you-can-eat) and you like watching your food being prepared.  Kids will especially enjoy the show as there's lots of fire involved.  Don't stand too close as the flames jump (if you don't believe me, look at the scars on the chefs' hands).

We were looking to try something new so we gave this place a shot.  We both chose the all you can eat bar.  It was nice to see the standards beef, chicken, tofu along with tuna and salmon.  The set up is good but sometimes the demand outweighs the pace in which the cooks can finish the food.  They also offer brown rice which is a nice alternative to white rice and noodles.  Here is a tip, if you sign up you get 5 dollars off your first visit.  But make sure you do it a day ahead of when you plan to go.  Their IT is on the slow side, we were not able to use the coupon and it expires fairly quickly.

Normally we're excited when we get to return, but this was bar-none one of my worst restaurant experiences. Service was horribly slow. He never came by the table. We waited 10 minutes for our bowls, my husband didn't get the sugar he asked for when we sat down until we were almost ready to leave. Our drinks were the only immediate thing we received. And to top it off, we had a $10 off coupon for 2 entrees and they took off 1 entree and 2 kids drinks. ???? The hostess took her sweet time seating us and spent MORE time running to the door trying to figure out who was calling her on her personal phone. I watched her for 20 minutes before we were sat. We waited, and waited, ...and waited for our bill. When it finally got there, we almost ran out the door. Oh yeah, and they weren't even busy - just close to close. An hour from closing by the time we left and it will be a while before we return. HOpefully next time is dramatically different or we won't be back